Quintero went to the store shortly before 10 p.m. on an unrelated call for service. While he was there, he recognized Ferguson, for whom there was an outstanding arrest warrant, signed by a judge May 17, for attempted murder. Ferguson was arrested and taken to the jail without incident.

Ferguson was wanted in connection to a shooting on Jan. 16 in Silver Springs Shores.

According to MCSO Deputy Chase King’s report, at 2:06 a.m. that day he went to an address on Walnut Drive, where a woman had been shot three times in her legs. She was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center, where she was treated and later released.

King said there at least a dozen gunshot holes in the home, with extensive damage to the windows and stucco. At least two vehicles had flat tires, believed to have come from the barrage of shots, deputies said.

Several shell casings were sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for testing.

On Jan. 17, Ocala police made a traffic stop in which Ferguson was the driver. They recovered a loaded Glock Model 17 9mm in the vehicle. Ferguson told King he owned the gun but denied shooting at the home. He said he was at work when the shooting occurred. The deputy went to Ferguson’s workplace and was told Ferguson clocked out more than five hours before the shooting and did not return to work until 14 hours after the incident.

Ferguson was then arrested on charges including possession of a concealed firearm. Local court records show prosecutors have filed charges in that case, which remains ongoing.

King wrote that as he continued with his investigation, he learned that Ferguson is associated with a group that has an ongoing feud with another group of people.

He learned that June Hugo, a friend of Ferguson’s, had been shot and killed in 2018. Deputies said Ferguson was at the location. Demetrius Wright and Calvin Epps, accused of being involved in the shooting of Hugo, have been arrested. Their cases remain ongoing, according to court records.

Detectives said they believe the shooting at the Silver Springs Shores residence was in connection to retaliation for an incident involving Epps.

In the meantime, the FDLE report on the shell casings indicated they matched the Glock recovered during the Jan. 17 traffic stop. That was when the MCSO sought and obtained the warrant for Ferguson's arrest on the new charges.